Scott Weidig Host: Daniel Rezac Introduce contributors- quick intro. How did you access or work-around Wikipedia today? News Bits: Which Top education stories should we talk about tonight on the EdReach Show? Look at those and Like Up the stories that you think we should mention. http://www.reddit.com/user/edreachshow/liked/ 1. From http://blogs.sacbee.com/ Gov. Jerry Brown to call for less state testing in schools 2. Matt Damon and Mother Reject Union's Awardhttp://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/2012/01/05/matt-damon-and-mother-reject-unions-award3. Groupon Shills for Sylvan Learning Centers to help students because they “dislike learning.” 4. Wolfram unveils interactive education portal on eve of Apple NYC event Wolfram announced the launch on Wednesday, directing interested teachers and students to education.wolfram.com to find a "new way to integrate technology into learning." Access to most of the site requires registration of a free account, though some samples and demonstrations are available without logging in.
------------ EdMedia Roundtable What can we expect from the Apple Announcement tomorrow? Arst Technica has some interesting Rumors: ….a new pair of rumors from Ars Technica's Chris Foresman claims that the event will indeed center on so-called iTextbook publishing, and that the big Apple event in the Big Apple will center around a new tool for publishers to easily create interactive digital textbooks for the iPad and iPhone, what Foresman dubbed a "GarageBand for textbooks." (GarageBand is a popular desktop and iOS application from Apple that allows both amateur and professional musicians to record, mix, and produce audio in a studio-like software suite). If we can write our own textbooks, who will be authority on history or language arts anymore? Ed-Gadget: News from/about any tech related toys or gadgets related to Education. None today. Contributors- Your one thing to share this week: This could be a blog, an app, a web app, a follower, a tweet- a moment- anything you have up your sleeve: Wikipedia.org: Tricks to get around the blackout. GoodReader: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/goodreader-for-ipad/id363448914?mt=8 Drawback, not universal... |
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